unwarranted

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ warranted.

Adjective

unwarranted (comparative more unwarranted, superlative most unwarranted)

1. Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
2. Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62:

     The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.

   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 312:

     The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis.

   • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Union threatens to escalate Class 360s dispute with EMR”, in RAIL, number 940, page 23:

     This strike action by the RMT is completely unwarranted and unjustified.

Related terms

• unwarrantability
• unwarrantable
• unwarrantableness
• unwarrantably
• unwarrantedly

 

Translations

being without warrant, authority or guaranty

• Bulgarian: негарантиран (negarantiran)
• Dutch: ongerechtvaardigd (nl), onbevoegd (nl)
• Georgian: დაუსაბუთებელი (dausabutebeli), გაუმართლებელი (gaumartlebeli)
• German: unberechtigt (de), unbefugt (de)
• Icelandic: ástæðulaus (is) m, óréttmætur m, óréttmætur m, óréttlætanlegur m, óafsakanlegur m
• Manx: neuvarrantit, gyn barrantys, gyn raane
• Swedish: otillbörlig (sv), orättmätig (sv), oskälig (sv)

unjustified

• Bulgarian: незаслужен (bg) (nezaslužen)
• Dutch: ongegrond (nl), ongerechtvaardigd (nl), onverantwoord (nl)
• German: ungerechtfertigt, unbegründet (de)
• Italian: ingiustificato (it) m, immotivato (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utilbørlig (no), upassende (no)

See also

• warrantless

References

• “unwarranted”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “unwarranted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.